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China is worlds away for our tech exporters
Opinion

Peter Griffin: China is worlds away for our tech exporters

Language, banking and data protection laws all stand in the way of NZ firms.

Peter Griffin 29 Jun 2023
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NZ bank margins stay high as recession bites
Economy

NZ bank margins stay high as recession bites

NZ banks continue to report historically high net interest margins.

Pattrick Smellie 29 Jun 2023
Hydro generators get a win in RMA reform rewrite
Law & Regulation

Hydro generators get a win in RMA reform rewrite

Smaller hydro schemes will get longer consents.

Ian Llewellyn 28 Jun 2023
NZ expected to stumble from one recession into another
Economy

NZ expected to stumble from one recession into another

"The cost of halting the inflation dragon is becoming more evident," says BNZ.

Bloomberg 28 Jun 2023


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Pattrick was judged New Zealand's best overall columnist and business columnist of the year at the Voyager 2021 Media Awards. He has more than 35 years’ experience reporting and working in New Zealand politics and the commercial sector. A former Press Gallery chairman, he is an award-winning journalist and has worked for titles including The Dominion, The Press, Sunday Star-Times and National Business Review. He was the first NZ correspondent for The Australian and co-founded BusinessDesk in 2008.

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